[142] leaves ; 20 cm (4to)

Imprint derived from colophon (t6 recto): Opera Claudiani diligenter emendata per Thadaeum Vgoletum Parmensem. Impressa autem p[er] Angelum eius fratrem Parmae: anno Domini MCCCCLXXXXIII. Nono Kalendas Maias

Signatures: a-o⁸ p-t⁶.

Chancery quarto; a5 recto: 36 lines, 146 x 75 mm; type: 81R; initial spaces with guide letters

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.42 ruled in red with initials rubricated in red throughout. Leaf dimensions: 194 x 145 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.42 with bookplate on front pastedown ("Dr. Clay, Audenshaw Lodge, Audenshaw, near Manchester") over ticket with number "580." Full page of bibliographical inscriptions in Clay's hand on front free endpaper verso. Description of item 1527 from an unidentified dealer/sale catalog on front flyleaf recto. Blue sheet of bibliographical notes in Clay's hand pasted to verso of front flyleaf, with description of item 264 from an unidentified dealer/sale catalog. Occasional early/contemporary marginal markings, with full page of annotations on t6 obscured by heavy paper lining. Bookplate of the BPL James Jackson Storrow Fund on rear pastedown. Purchased in June, 1935.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.42 bound in later rigid vellum. Red leather spine label.

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